Sash holder and fastener.



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UNITED 'STATES PATENT FFICE.

ADOLPIIUS D. GOODWIN, OF I-IARAN, VIRGINIA.

sAsH HOLDER AND FASTENER.

srncirroiiron forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,254, dated August 15,V 189e.

. Application filed April 25, 1899. Serial No. 714,414. (No model.)

To all whom it may conoerm Beit known that I, ADOLPHUs D. GOOD- WIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Haran, in the county of Roanoke and State of Virginia,` have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Sash Holder and Fastener; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention is designed to provide a combined sash fastener and holder of improved character, and more particularly to provide a device of this kind which is simple in conf struction, sure and eective in its operation,. and which can be readily applied and easilyY manipulated to lock the sash in closed position or to secure it in raised position at any desired point.

With these objects in View the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view showing the invention applied and the sash looked in closed position, the face-plate being removed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing thesash held in partially-raised position. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the portions of the sash and frame adjacent to the lock and holder. Fig. lis a front or face view with the face-plate in position, the sash being closed. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of the operating device or lever. y f

Referring to the drawings, the letter A indicates a window frame or casing, and B a lower sash.

C designates the guide strips .or beads in which the sash moves. Formed in the inner edge portion of one of the inner guide strips or beads is a notch or recessD,havingthe inclined walls d d', whereby it has its greatest depth at an intermediate point, as shown. In the inner face of the side rail b of the sash B opposite the upper portion of the recess D (when the sash is in closed position) is a concavity B'. E designates a small ball which is placed in said recess.

F is a face-plate which is secured to the lateral face of the strip C and closes the recess laterally. The body portion of this plate is offset laterally from the adjacent face of the strip C to form aspace Gr, through which extends loosely an arm h of an operating device H, whichconveniently consists of a small rod bent at right angles to form the arm 72, and having a guide at 7o.' The lower end of said rod is provided with an eye or loop h to which is connected one end of a small springK, (which may consist of arubber band or a spring of any other suitable character.) The other end of the spring has aring k, which is adapted to be slipped over a nail 7c or other projection on the frame or casing A,-as shown in Figs. l and 4, when the sash is closed. In

this-position the spring holds the arm h against the under side of the ball, which is now seated partly in the concavity B and partly against the inclined Wall d' of the recess D, and thereby securely locks the sash in closed position.

lVhen'it is desired to raise the sash, the ring 7c is disengaged from the pin 7c', which immediately permits the operating device to drop by gravity to the position shown in Fig.

2, and the ball also drops to the position shown in this figure. When the ball is in this latter position, it permits 'the sash to be freely raised7 but prevents any downward movement of the latter by reason of its becoming wedged between the inclined Wall d of the recess D and the adjacent face of the sash-railb. It will be seen, therefore, that the sash may be held at any desired point and that it is held in such a manner that it cannot be knocked or jarred down. When it is desired to lower the sash, the ring 7c is again en-` gaged with the pin 7d, and the spring K at once acts to raise the ball and free its wedging action. Should the ball become tightly wedged, a slightly-upward movement of the sash will release it.

It will be observed that in so far as the op-..

erator is concerned he has only to engage or IOD extending into the said notch or recess u'ii'- derneath the ball, the spring connected to the said device at one end, and means for detachably connecting the other end of said spring to the Window frame or casing, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature' in presence of two witnesses.

A. D. GOODWIN;

Vitnesses:

GEO. H. PARMELEE, EDWIN G. MCKEE. 

